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Protein nitration influences allergic reactions
28-04-2010
Food proteins are nitrated through various processes. Just how these processes affect food allergies, however, is only now coming to light. The latest findings of a research project funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF were presented at an international symposium in Italy. The findings ...
Overcoming resistance: New Options for the treatment of ovarian cancer
14-04-2010
Research on the development of a new therapeutic agent for the treatment of particularly aggressive ovarian cancer has produced some very promising initial findings. In laboratory tests, scientists have succeeded in reducing the resistance of the tumour cells to a natural resistance mechanism ...
Molecular genealogy in the Arctic sediment
20-01-2010
Heat-loving bacteria found in the Arctic seabed have their origins in oil springs and the depths of the Earth's crust. This is the finding of a project supported by the Austrian Science Fund FWF, which used molecular biology to study "misplaced" bacteria such as these. The possibility that ...
Memory in neural circuits
23-12-2009
Neuronal reactions to visual sensations are more complex than previously thought. Nerve impulses generated in reaction to a visual stimulus create a spatio-temporal pattern that also contains information about a sensation that has occurred immediately beforehand. This very early creation of ...
Research for organic farming: Soya thrives on nitrogen from the air
21-10-2009
For the first time, the capacity of soya plants to absorb nitrogen from the air has been precisely determined in dry areas of Eastern Austria. The primary aim of this project, backed by the Austrian Science Fund FWF, is to compare methods for determining nitrogen fixation levels and their ...
A molecular identity crisis: A "Ribozyme without RNA"
05-11-2008
Not all enzymes that are assumed to require an RNA component in order to function do actually contain RNA. This surprising discovery was made during a project supported by the Austrian Science Fund FWF that focussed on the enzyme RNase P. Contrary to accepted scientific theory, the project ...
Extreme competive sports: A fitness test for DNA
25-08-2008
Unusually high levels of physical exertion do cause oxidative stress, but this does not result in any long-term damage to DNA. This is just one of the many outcomes revealed by an extraordinary research project funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF that are now published. As part of this ...
Fungus against fungus: Fungicide from Penicillium
20-03-2008
A fungus protein that attacks pathogenic fungi is the focal point of a project recently launched by the Austrian Science Fund FWF. As well as examining the structure of the protein, the project will also closely analyse the physiological changes that it causes in the cells of pathogenic ...
Bacteria use plant defense for genetic modification
23-10-2007
Bacteria that cause tumours in plants modify plant genomes by skilfully exploiting the plants' first line of defence. Utilising the plant's own proteins, bacterial genes infiltrate first the nucleus then the plant genome, where they reprogramme the plant's metabolism to suit their own needs. ...
RNA Interference - Decision-Making Processes on a Molecular Level
17-07-2007
"How does RNAi work?" Researchers across the world have been trying to answer this question for a number of years. Science has now come closer to finding the answer thanks to a research group headed by Prof. Renée Schroeder (MFPL) and Dr. Javier Martinez (IMBA) based at the Campus Vienna ...
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